Safety and effectiveness of an internal pelvic myofascial trigger point wand for urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 764-768

  Anderson, Rodney ^a   Wise, David ^a   Sawyer, Timothy ^a   Nathanson, Brian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic pelvic pain syndrome; myofascial trigger point; physical therapy; prostatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MONITOR; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NOCICEPTION; OPEN STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PILOT STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRIGGER POINT WAND; UROLOGIC CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 80052012039     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31821dbd76     Document Type: Article

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